Sometimes it's possible to confuse an event and a show, and it is only when the event disappears that the show's full merits can be judged. Take The Lion King. Would it have run for more than 15 minutes without Julie Taymor's brilliance? It is the event rather than the show that is spectacular.Seeing Next to Normal starring Alice Ripley was an event, every time. Her acolytes filled the front row and mobbed the stage …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:36PM on June 7, 2012